According to DIEESE (in Portuguese) Inter-Union Department of Statistics and Socioeconomic Studies, the Cost of Living Index – ICV (Índice do Custo de Vida) has raised 1.32% in January which is higher than o.5% in December.

The groups that most contributed to the result were Education (7.17%), Housing (1.99%), Food (0.61%) and Health (0.94%), which together amounted to calculate inflation at 1.31%.